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    Microfix Personal Locator Beacon with Internal GPS Microfix Personal Locator Beacon with Internal GPS
    Rated 4.5/5 based on 6 customer reviews
    Product description: Transmits your location anywhere in the world This satellite-based PLB is the smallest, most functional emergency transmitter available. In an emergency, it could quite simply save your life. With the press of just one button, it acquires your GPS position and transmits it, along with your personalized identifier code, through the SARSAT satellite system. Search and Rescue forces are instantly alerted, and know your position within 100 meters—dramatically reducing search time. The PLB also transmits a 121.5 MHz homing frequency. Best of all, it is unaffected by terrain, obstructions or weather, and works anywhere in the world. Totally waterproof: comes with a lanyard and plastic holster. Weighs less than 10 oz., measures 1 1/2”d x 6”h x 2 1/4”w and fits in your pocket. An essential safety product if you fly over open water. But it does not float. What is a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)? PLBs are portable units that operate much the same as aircraft-based ELTs. These beacons are designed to be carried by an individual person instead of being permanently installed on a boat or aircraft. Unlike ELTs, they can only be activated manually and operate exclusively on 406 MHz. And like ELTs, all PLBs also have a built-in, low-power homing beacon that transmits on 121.5 MHz. This allows rescue forces to home in on a beacon once the 406 MHz satellite system has gotten them "in the ballpark." The new Aerofix PLB also features a built in GPS. This GPS-encoded position dramatically improves the location accuracy down to the 100-meter level…that’s roughly the size of a football field! How does SARSAT work? The SARSAT system uses NOAA satellites in low-earth and geostationary orbits to detect and locate aviators, mariners, and land-based users in distress. The satellites relay distress signals from emergency beacons to a network of ground stations and ultimately to the U.S. Mission Control Center (USMCC) in Suitland, Maryland. The USMCC processes the distress signal and alerts the appropriate search and rescue authorities to who is in distress and, more importantly, where they are located. Truly, SARSAT takes the "search" out of search and rescue! NOAA-SARSAT is a part of the international COSPAS-SARSAT Program to which 36 nations and two independent SAR organizations belong to. What are the differences between older 121.5 MHz ELTs and new 406 MHz PLBs? New 406 MHz PLBs represent a new generation in technology, and thus offer many features that are unavailable with older ELTs. ELT 121.5 MHz ELT 12 nm radius 452 sq. nm search area Average 6 hour notification PLB w/GPS 406 MHz PLB w/GPS 0.05 nm radius 0.008 sq. nm search area Est. 5 min notification Digital Signal The 406 MHz signal is digital and can be stored aboard the satellite for later relay to the next available ground station, giving it global capability. The 121.5 MHz signal is analog and is not stored aboard the satellite. The satellite must see the beacon and the ground station simultaneously for a 121.5 MHz transmission to be detected. Data Encoding The 406 MHz signal contains digital information unique to each beacon which provides a link to information contained in a registration database. The registration information helps the search and rescue forces identify the aircraft in distress and greatly speeds up response time. The 121.5 MHz beacon is not capable of data encoding.
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    Microfix Personal Locator Beacon with Internal GPS

    Price: $349.00
    ID #: 3574A
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    Transmits your location anywhere in the world
    This satellite-based PLB is the smallest, most functional emergency transmitter available. In an emergency, it could quite simply save your life. With the press of just one button, it acquires your GPS position and transmits it, along with your personalized identifier code, through the SARSAT satellite system. Search and Rescue forces are instantly alerted, and know your position within 100 meters—dramatically reducing search time. The PLB also transmits a 121.5 MHz homing frequency. Best of all, it is unaffected by terrain, obstructions or weather, and works anywhere in the world. Totally waterproof: comes with a lanyard and plastic holster. Weighs less than 10 oz., measures 1 1/2”d x 6”h x 2 1/4”w and fits in your pocket. An essential safety product if you fly over open water. But it does not float.

    What is a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)?
    PLBs are portable units that operate much the same as aircraft-based ELTs. These beacons are designed to be carried by an individual person instead of being permanently installed on a boat or aircraft. Unlike ELTs, they can only be activated manually and operate exclusively on 406 MHz. And like ELTs, all PLBs also have a built-in, low-power homing beacon that transmits on 121.5 MHz. This allows rescue forces to home in on a beacon once the 406 MHz satellite system has gotten them "in the ballpark." The new Aerofix PLB also features a built in GPS. This GPS-encoded position dramatically improves the location accuracy down to the 100-meter level…that’s roughly the size of a football field!

    How does SARSAT work?
    The SARSAT system uses NOAA satellites in low-earth and geostationary orbits to detect and locate aviators, mariners, and land-based users in distress. The satellites relay distress signals from emergency beacons to a network of ground stations and ultimately to the U.S. Mission Control Center (USMCC) in Suitland, Maryland. The USMCC processes the distress signal and alerts the appropriate search and rescue authorities to who is in distress and, more importantly, where they are located. Truly, SARSAT takes the "search" out of search and rescue! NOAA-SARSAT is a part of the international COSPAS-SARSAT Program to which 36 nations and two independent SAR organizations belong to.

    What are the differences between older 121.5 MHz ELTs and new 406 MHz PLBs?
    New 406 MHz PLBs represent a new generation in technology, and thus offer many features that are unavailable with older ELTs.

    ELT
    121.5 MHz ELT
    12 nm radius
    452 sq. nm search area
    Average 6 hour notification

    PLB w/GPS
    406 MHz PLB w/GPS
    0.05 nm radius
    0.008 sq. nm search area
    Est. 5 min notification

    Digital Signal
    The 406 MHz signal is digital and can be stored aboard the satellite for later relay to the next available ground station, giving it global capability. The 121.5 MHz signal is analog and is not stored aboard the satellite. The satellite must see the beacon and the ground station simultaneously for a 121.5 MHz transmission to be detected.

    Data Encoding
    The 406 MHz signal contains digital information unique to each beacon which provides a link to information contained in a registration database. The registration information helps the search and rescue forces identify the aircraft in distress and greatly speeds up response time. The 121.5 MHz beacon is not capable of data encoding.



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    Date - 2-23-2009

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    Date - 12-31-2008

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    Date - 9-2-2008

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    Date - 1-23-2008

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    Compact, easily carried in a small flight bag.

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    Hope I never have to use it; however, having it provides my family with a piece of mind. The news of Fossett not ever being found spooked my 11 year old daughter. The device is simple enough for her to use.

    Date - 11-28-2007

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    Date - 11-15-2007

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